Manjula put s Army on top

A fine knock of 130 by Manjula Soysa supported by half tons from Seekuge Prasanna and Dilan Soysa helped Army to make a massive 454 in reply to Air Force’s score of 178 on day two of their Premier Tier ‘B’ encounter played at Rifle Green yesterday. Air Force batting the second time were 56 for 2. The match will be continued at 9.45 a.m. today.

Air Force 178 (Ajith Kumar 68,Suwanji Madanayake 27, Madura Sanjaya 23.; Nawantha Ratnayake 5 for 61, Seekuge Prasanna 2 for 25) and 56 for 2 (Shanaka Perumpuli 36 n.o.)

Army (146/3 o’night) 454 (Manjula Soysa 130, Dilan Soysa 62, Seekuge Prasanna 57, Duminda Wijewardena 49, Ravindra Palliyaguru 33, Nawantha Ratnayake 28, Ajantha Mendis 37, Sriyan Obinimuni 21.; Dinesh de Silva 3 for 115, Roshan Mapatuna 2 for 50, Madura Sanjaya 2 for 58, Suwanji Madanayake 2 for 86) - MSA

Police take lead
Police have already obtained a first innings lead over KYCC in their Premier Tier ‘B’ encounter played at the Welegedera Stadium in Kurunegala. Rashmi Jinan’s 86 with 11 boundaries and a six helped Police make 242 in reply to KYCC’s 207.
The match will be continued at 9.45 a.m. today.

KYCC 207 (Iroshan de Silva 78, Gihan Perera 34, Charith Tissera 29, Rajitha Ratnayake 22.; Saman Wijeratne 3 for 26, Manjula Jayawardena 3 for 27, Vajira Ranaweera 2 for 25) and 83 for 3 (Mohamed Ramzi 23, Rajitha Ratnayake 19 n.o.)

Police (5/0 o’night) 242 (Rashmi Jinan 86, Saman Wijeratme 36, Aruna Priyantha 30, Supun Nirmala 23, Nihal Soysa 22; Mahesh Priyadharshana 15.; D. Karunaratne 5 for 65, Umal Erandika 3 for 63)
- MSA